Adaptations by the coral Acropora tenuis confer resilience to future thermal stress
A multi-year stress experiment with broadcast spawning coral reveals that colonies exposed to a marine heatwave shift their reproductive strategy towards smaller but more numerous eggs, which, together with physiological acclimation, confers resilience to subsequent thermal stress.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Communications Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04309-5 |